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  • Mohammed Thiab, a young 25-year-old father, is playing with Jasim, 5, one of his two children affected by neurological disorders, on the floor of their home in Fallujah, Iraq. The children have a healthy 8-year-old sister, Sauusan, born before the 2004 US-led battles, who regularly helps the parents in assisting her sick siblings. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • A newborn is lying inside an incubator at the children's ward of Fallujah General Hospital, Iraq. Around 15 per cent of children at the hospital are now being born with some sort of congenital defect. The average elsewhere in the world is believed to be between 2 and 4 per cent.
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  • Mariam, 7, a girl suffering from a severe neurological disorder, is playing with her doll in her home in Fallujah, Iraq. The family has three children affected by severe illnesses, all born after the 2004 US-led battles for the city. The family and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • A member of the Iraqi Police is inspecting people walking through the main checkpoint to the city of Fallujah, Iraq, on the Highway N.10. (Baghdad-Fallujah-Ramadi)
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  • Khadija, 27 days, a young girl with a severe heart defect, is lying on her mother's lap inside a room of the children's ward of Fallujah General Hospital, Iraq. Around 15 per cent of children at the hospital are now being born with some sort of congenital defect. The average elsewhere in the world is believed to be between 2 and 4 per cent.
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  • Mariam, 7, a girl suffering from a severe neurological disorder, is awakening in the early morning on the floor of her home in Fallujah, Iraq. The family has three children affected by alarming disabilities, all born after the 2004 US-led battles for the city. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Mohammed Thiab, a young 25-year-old father, is playing with Jasim, 5, one of his two children suffering from severe neurological disorders, on the floor of their home in Fallujah, Iraq. The children have a healthy 8-year-old sister, Sauusan, born before the 2004 US-led battles for the city, who regularly helps the parents in assisting her disabled siblings. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Zakhia, 3, is crying in her home in Fallujah, Iraq. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • A boy is walking by a building still showing signs of the 2004 US-led battles on the streets of Fallujah, Iraq.
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  • Yasir Ali, 32, is kissing Mustafah, 4, one of his three disabled children, while sitting on the floor of their home in Fallujah, Iraq. The parents and their relatives have no history of defects, and have been tested for compatibility.
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  • Iraqi men are standing on the street by a building still showing signs of the 2004 US-led battles for Fallujah, Iraq.
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  • Abdullah Kodhum, a 4-day-old boy affected by a severe case of hydrocephalus and spina bifida, is lying inside a room of the children's ward at Fallujah General Hospital, Iraq. More then 15 per cent of children at the hospital are now being born with some sort of congenital defect. The average elsewhere in the world is believed to be between 2 and 4 per cent.
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  • Khadija, 27 days, a young girl with a severe heart defect, is breathing through an aerosol while in her mother's arms, inside a room of the children's ward at Fallujah General Hospital, Iraq.
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  • Zakhia, 3, is crying in the arms of her mother (centre) while Jasim, 5, (right) is playing with his father, in Fallujah, Iraq. Both children are suffering from severe neurological disorders, and were born after the 2004 US-led battles for the city. Sausaan, (left) the family’s healthy 8-year-old sister, born before the attacks, regularly assists her two disabled siblings. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Zahra Mohammed, 5, a girl affected by a neurological disorder and the presence of six fingers in each hand and foot, is holding a book while sitting on the floor of her home in Fallujah, Iraq. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • A man is walking on the streets of Fallujah, Iraq.
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  • Maath, 6, a child suffering from a shortage of brain cells and mental disability, is crying on the floor of his home in Fallujah, Iraq. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Munem Adnan Abdullah, 37, is holding Mohammed, 4, one of his two severely disabled sons, while standing in front of the entrance to their home in Fallujah, Iraq. The family also has two healthy older brothers, Ali, 10, and Omer, 9, both born before the two US-led battles for the city took place in 2004. Ayob and his brother Mohammed are both affected by neurological and spinal cord disorders. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Zakhia, 3, a girl suffering from a severe neurological disorder, is crying inside her home in Fallujah, Iraq. Her brother, Jasim, 5, is also affected by a similar illness. The family has a healthy 8-year-old daughter, Sauusan, born before the 2004 US-led battles for the city, who regularly assists her two disabled siblings. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Mariam, 7, (top right) is awakening next to her brothers Mustafah, 4, (bottom right) and Ammar, 6, (left) in Fallujah, Iraq. The three children are all affected by severe neurological disorders. The parents and their relatives have no history of defects, and have been tested for compatibility.
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  • Men are waiting for daily-wage jobs, while standing at a corner next to a building still showing signs of the US-led 2004 battles on the streets of Fallujah, Iraq.
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  • A newborn suffering from a heart and kidney defect, is drinking milk while held by the mother, inside the children's ward of Fallujah General Hospital, Iraq. Around 15 per cent of children at the hospital are now being born with some sort of congenital defect. The average elsewhere in the world is believed to be between 2 and 4 per cent.
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  • Saadi Othman, 3, a boy suffering from a severe brain damage, blindness and paralysis, is being comforted by his mother while having breakfast in their home in Fallujah, Iraq. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • A woman is walking by a building of the Fallujah General Hospital, Iraq. Around 15 per cent of children at the hospital are now being born with some sort of congenital defect. The average elsewhere in the world is believed to be between 2 and 4 per cent.
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  • A newborn suffering from a birth defect is lying inside an incubator in the children's ward of Fallujah General Hospital, Iraq, while the grandmother is sitting nearby. (right) Around 15 per cent of children at the hospital are now being born with some sort of congenital defect. The average elsewhere in the world is believed to be between 2 and 4 per cent.
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  • Mohammed Thiab, a young 25-year-old father, is playing with Jasim, 5, one of his two children affected by neurological disorders, on the floor of their home in Fallujah, Iraq. The children have a healthy 8-year-old sister, Sauusan, born before the 2004 US-led battles, who regularly helps the parents in assisting her sick siblings. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Jasim, 5, (right) one of Mohammed Thiab's two disabled young children, is sitting in his pram with his grandfather in the front-yard of their home in Fallujah, Iraq. The family has a healthy 8-year-old sister, Sauusan, born before the 2004 US-led battles, who regularly helps the parents in assisting her sick siblings. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Abdullah Kodhum, a young 4-day-old boy affected by a severe case of hydrocephalus and spina bifida, is lying inside a room of the children's ward of the Fallujah General Hospital, Iraq. Around 15 per cent of children at the hospital are now being born with some sort of congenital defect. The average elsewhere in the world is believed to be between 2 and 4 per cent.
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  • Zahra Mohammed, 5, a girl affected by a severe neurological disorder and six fingers in each hand and foot, is sitting on her pram on a family photograph, in between medical records collected by her father, in Fallujah, Iraq. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Two men are walking by a mosque and a building still showing signs of the 2004 US-led battles on the streets of Fallujah, Iraq.
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  • The Fallujah General Hospital, (top right) and the large Al-Khulafa Mosque (top left) are shining in orange lights during an early winter evening in Fallujah, Iraq. More then 15 per cent of children at the hospital are now being born with some sort of congenital defect. The average elsewhere in the world is believed to be between 2 and 4 per cent.
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  • Ali, 10, is assisting one of his two disabled brothers born after the 2004 battles, Ayob, 5, while he is sitting on a wheelchair inside their home in Fallujah, Iraq. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Members of the Iraqi Police are checking vehicles passing through the main checkpoint to the city of Fallujah, Iraq, on the Highway N.10. (Baghdad-Fallujah-Ramadi)
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  • The Sun is setting over the city of Fallujah, Iraq.
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  • Hamed Hamid, 30, a local policeman and the son of a police Colonel who was murdered by Al-Qaida supporters for its supposed collaboration with American forces, is sitting in his home in Fallujah, Iraq. Hamed has a boy, Maath, 6, suffering from a shortage of brain cells and mental disability. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • An Iraqi soldier (left) and a member of the Iraqi Police (right) are sitting next to a Humvee vehicle, guarding the main checkpoint to the city of Fallujah, Iraq, on Highway N.10. (Baghdad-Fallujah-Ramadi)
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  • The Sun is setting over the city of Fallujah, Iraq.
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  • An Iraqi Police officer is guarding traffic at the main checkpoint to the city of Fallujah, Iraq, on Highway N.10. (Baghdad-Fallujah-Ramadi)
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  • A newborn suffering from a severe neurological disorder and paralysis is lying in an incubator inside the children's ward at Fallujah General Hospital, Iraq. More then 15 per cent of children at the hospital are now being born with some sort of congenital defect. The average elsewhere in the world is believed to be between 2 and 4 per cent.
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  • Munem Adnan Abdullah, 37, is holding Mohammed, 4, (right) one of his two disabled children, in Fallujah, Iraq. Ayob, 5, his second disabled child is being pushed by one of his two older, and healthy brothers, both born before the two 2004 battles. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Saadi Othman, 3, a child suffering from a severe brain damage and paralysis, is undergoing aerosol therapy in the arms of his mother in Fallujah, Iraq. The family was in the city during both US-led battles for the city in 2004. The parents and relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • Luay Hadi, 29, is comforting his daughter, Tebah, 7, a child affected by cerebral palsy, in Fallujah, Iraq. Tebah's mother was pregnant during both US-led battles in 2004. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • An Iraqi soldier (left) and a member of the Iraqi Police (right) are sitting next to a Humvee vehicle, guarding the main checkpoint to the city of Fallujah, Iraq, on Highway N.10. (Baghdad-Fallujah-Ramadi)
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  • A minaret destroyed by a US missile during the 2004 battles for the city, has been left in ruin as a monument, while in this mosque in central Fallujah, Iraq, a new one has been erected across the front-yard.
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  • Maath, 6, a child suffering from a shortage of brain cells and a mental disability, is crying in his home in Fallujah, Iraq. The parents and their relatives have no history of birth defects.
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  • A boy is jumping while others are about to start a game of cricket around the abandoned evaporation pool (left) that was once used by Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) next to their industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. Thousands tons of hazardous chemical waste are still buried in various spots around this area of Bhopal.
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  • By burning a 'corporate man' statue, an effigy of unregulated, dangerous capitalism and exploitation, Bhopalis are demonstrating in front of the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, on the 29th anniversary since the disaster, December 2, 2013. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • In the early morning, a young girl is carrying her crying sibling towards their home by the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Siddhesh, 12, a boy suffering from severe celebral palsy is sitting on a toilet bowl inside his home in Nariyal Kheda, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. Siddhesh's father has abandoned him years ago. His mother is also suffering from mental retardation, and they now live with Siddhesh's maternal grandfather on the meagre pension he has earned after working as a civil servant. In 1984 Siddhesh's mother survived the poisonous gas cloud that enveloped Bhopal, leaving everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Rachna, 8, (right) a girl suffering from a severe neurological disorder, is riding the Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre's bus with her sister, Reena, 12, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • By burning a 'corporate man' statue, an effigy of unregulated, dangerous capitalism and exploitation, Bhopalis are demonstrating in front of the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, on the 29th anniversary since the disaster, December 2, 2013. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Dark clouds are raising over the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Dark clouds are raising over the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Neha, 7, is standing in the entrance of her home in Indira Nagar, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradeh, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. Neha was born blind, suffering from a neurological disorder, and due to the insufficient care she regularly receives, she developed an eyes and skin infection, and severe malnutrition. Neha shares a single room with no windows with three sisters and one younger brother: Bushra, 14, a girl affected by down syndrome, Nisha, 12, Fiza, 17 and Sohel, 9. Their father left their home in September 2013 and never contacted them anymore; their mother died in 2011. In 1984 she survived the poisonous gas cloud that enveloped Bhopal, leaving everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • The tank that in 1984 leaked the poisonous gas-cloud that invested the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, in 1984, killing thousands, is laying abandoned among overgrowing vegetation in a yard inside the Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous ‘1984 Gas Disaster’, a tragic event that today continues to consume people's lives.
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  • A boy, surrounded by some young friends, is selling corn from his family's cart, parked along the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • A boy is smiling while walking with his goat along the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • While a train is passing by, two young boys are arguing near piles of garbage and a makeshift toilet set up  along the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Samir, 14, a severely disabled boy, is lifting his tiny arm while lying on the floor of his home in Kasi Camp, one of the water-affected colonies standing near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Three siblings (top left) are observing their mother offering a plate of milk to three small cats, (bottom left) while another young girl is defecating (right) in front of their home near the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • A lone man is walking on the side of the abandoned evaporation pool (right) that was once used by Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) next to their industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. Thousands tons of hazardous chemical waste are still buried in various spots around this area of Bhopal.
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  • Neha, 7, is standing in the entrance of her home in Indira Nagar, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradeh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. Neha was born blind, suffering from a neurological disorder, and due to the insufficient care she regularly receives, she developed an eyes and skin infection, and severe malnutrition. Neha shares a single room with no windows with three sisters and one younger brother: Bushra, 14, a girl affected by down syndrome, Nisha, 12, Fiza, 17 and Sohel, 9. Their father left their home in September 2013 and never contacted them anymore; their mother died in 2011. In 1984 she survived the poisonous gas cloud that enveloped Bhopal, leaving everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • In the afternoon, children are playing around while women are going about their daily routine, in front of their modest homes along the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • A girl is looking out of the window of a bus travelling in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • A girl is busy collecting potable drinking water delivered by a government truck in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Aadite, 9, a boy suffering from a severe neurological disorder and malnutrition, is eating a curry of potatoes while sitting on the floor of his home in Kabit Pura, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradeh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. Aadite's father, Raju, a 1984 gas survivor, died in March 2013 at the age of 32, due to lungs failure. Aadite now lives in a small room with his mother, Lakshmi, 29, who works six days a week as a cleaner, his two sisters Mayuri, 12, Mahag, 7, and his younger brother Anuj, 5. None of the siblings in this family is attending school or any kind of practical education.
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  • In the early morning, a boy is leaning on his mother's back, while she sets up a small fire by burning pieces of coal and some wood, in front of their home along the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • In the early morning, Muskhan, 12, is playing with her scarf in front of her home by the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. Muskhan does not attend school or ay sort of practical education.
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  • Children suffering from various disorders are exercising with a therapist (right) inside Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre, a local NGO caring for disabled children near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Riswana, 25, (left) is offering Indian chai tea to his disabled son Maheraj, 2 and a half years old, while sitting near her husband Mahfus Ali, 32, (left) a gas survivor, inside their home in Model Ground, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. A few years ago Mahfus Ali and his wife Riswana, 25, lost a child facing similar health problems to those of Maharaj. The boy survived only a few days and was born with severe birth defects. Salya, 4, a girl, is the parents's only healthy child.
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  • A boy is playing with a red balloon on the streets of New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Disabled children attending Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre are demonstrating in Bhopal, city of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy, in Madhya Pradesh, central India, on the eve of the 29th anniversary since the disaster, on December 2, 2013. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • The tank that once leaked the poisonous gas-cloud that invested the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, in 1984, killing thousands, is lying abandoned in the Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, still standing.
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  • A girl is jumping in the air with her hands towards the sky while playing with a flying toy in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • A boy is holding a hen while others are playing around the abandoned evaporation pool that was once used by Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) next to their industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. Thousands tons of hazardous chemical waste are still buried in various spots around this area of Bhopal.
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  • After having received a medication to her infected eyes, Neha, 7, is sitting on the floor of her home in Indira Nagar, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. Neha was born blind, suffering from a neurological disorder, and due to the insufficient care she regularly receives, she developed an eyes and skin infection, and severe malnutrition. Neha shares a single room with no windows with three sisters and one younger brother: Bushra, 14, a girl affected by down syndrome, Nisha, 12, Fiza, 17 and Sohel, 9. Their father left their home in September 2013 and never contacted them anymore; their mother died in 2011. In 1984 she survived the poisonous gas cloud that enveloped Bhopal, leaving everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Shabana, 30, is deep in thoughts while looking after her young disabled daughter, Sufiya, one and a half years old, while lying on a bed inside their home in Kabar Kana, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. Sufiya is Shabana's first child and the family is now scared of considering further pregnancies. Sufiya suffers from a neurological disorder causing severe seizures and slow development. She is not able to eat or swallow food naturally, and is surviving only on water and milk. As a toddler, in 1984 Shabana survived the poisonous gas cloud that enveloped Bhopal, leaving everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Tasleen, 26, the mother of Zubin, 3, a severely disabled girl, is soothing her suffering daughter inside their home in one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. Zubin has deceased.
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  • A mother is drying her sweat while sitting with her son on the floor of Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre, a local organisation caring for disabled children in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Children are playing along a municipal drain in Kasi Camp, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Poonam and her family are living in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. The poisonous cloud that enveloped the city, left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Dark clouds are raising over the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • A muslim boy (centre) is going to a Madrassa (Islamic school) near New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Chemical products are laying in the packaging room of the abandoned, derelict Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, still standing in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, site of the infamous ‘1984 Gas Tragedy’. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Women are collecting and transporting pieces of coal that have fallen off passing trains along the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Warming up during a cold morning, three siblings are sitting by the fire in front of their home by the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Boys are playing crickets on the streets of New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Children are standing along the railway tracks passing through New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies surrounding the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • In the early morning, a family is starting the day by warming near a small fire in front of their homes by the railway tracks in New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies standing next to the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • A team of men is collaborating to create a human pyramid, in order to win a cash prize during the festival of Janamashtami, the birthday of Hindu God Krishna, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Shazhia, 7, is standing inside her home in Nawab, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Rohit, 12, a boy suffering from a severe neurological disorder is washing himself inside his home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • A girl is carrying her brother across the railway tracks passing through New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • A malnourished child is sitting in a corner of his makeshift home while eating a piece of stale chapatti (Indian bread) in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Zubin, 3, a severely disabled girl, is being held by her mother inside their home in one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. Zubin has deceased.
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  • A young boy is crying for attention inside a makeshift house in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Dark clouds are raising over the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Dark clouds are raising over the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, central India, site of the infamous '1984 Gas Disaster'. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
    008_Bhopal_Second_Disaster.JPG
  • Disabled children are playing on a slide and on a swing during an afternoon at Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. The trust, funded by The Bhopal Medical Appeal, a British-based NGO, offers counselling, education, physiotherapy and love to hundreds of children born from gas-affected parents or fed highly contaminated water since an early age, when the body is more likely to be affected, and to suffer irreparable damage to health and wellbeing.
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  • Women gas survivors holding torches are demonstrating near the Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, on the eve of the 29th anniversary since the disaster, December 2, 2013. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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